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Three agencies launched the Big Data Challenge
Wednesday asking for ideas to bring together
disparate data sets that help agencies meet
their missions better. The contest is part of
the administration's national big data
development effort. The TechAmerica Foundation
also released a new report to help agencies
understand and use information more effectively.

The Veterans Affairs Department is trying to get the wider public to adopt the "Blue Button" technology it developed to give its patients direct access to their medical information. Atlanta-based RelayHealth won a department-sponsored contest for the fastest company to develop and implement the single-click technology that allows patients to download their health records.